Emotional Intelligence (cont.)

Q:  How would you rate your speaking ability so far?

Target: Apply the concepts of persistence and optimism.

• Humor!
• Turn in journals
• Role playing
• Persistence and Optimism lecture/discussion

Have a great weekend!!

Emotional Intelligence (cont.)

Q: “We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel.” -  Marshall B. Rosenberg
Target: Understand the eight elements of Emotional Intelligence

• Examples of Emotional Intelligence
• Emotional Intelligence elements (IPOSSESS)
• Role play of these elements  

Remember, journals are due tomorrow!

A Memorable Experience (cont.)

Q: Why is it important for leaders to evaluate their speaking abilities?

• Share your Memorable Experience
• Begin Emotional Intelligence 

Note: Journals are due on Friday!!

A Memorable Experience

Q: Why are body language and tone of voice so important to leaders?

• Good things!
• Business
• Exercise: Toilet Paper
• "A Memorable Experience"

Impressionable Situations

Q: How can you present yourself to others in a way that demonstrates self-confidence?

• Situations (group examples)
• Internal qualities of a leader
• Means of communication

Reframing and First Impressions

Q: Why would you expect to see self-confidence in a strong leader?

• Debrief the Reframing exercise
• Eight Cues to a first impression
• First impressions in a variety of situations

Self Concept Review and Reframing

Q: If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

• Good things!
• Leading the class (instructions)
• Self-concept review
• Reframing and exercise

Self-Concept and Self-Confidence

Q: Why is it important to affirm others?

• Humor!
• Self-Concept formation in three ways...
• Circles of Influence
• Self-Confidence

Goals for the Course Speech (cont.--Short Day)

Q: "You seldom hit anything unless you aim at it." - Anonymous!

• Continue speech: "My Goals for the Course and Two Specific Things I'm Going to Do to Help Me Achieve Them"

Goals for the Course

Q: Describe a time when you feel you made a bad first impression.  Were you able to correct it later?  How?

• Current Events
• Presentation rubric
• Begin Speech: "My Goals for the Course and Two Specific Things I'm Going to Do to Help Me Achieve Them"

Goals for the Course

Q: Think of someone you know who has set goals for his/her life.  How do you know that this person has goals?

• Personal Mastery
• Goals for the course
• Preparing a Speech

Developing Relationships

Q: How is the ability to develop good relationships critical to good leadership?

• Good things!
• Complete Introductory presentations (3rd period only)
• First Impressions
• Developing relationships
• Letter writing (see p. 7)

"About Myself"

Q: What does your attitude have to do with being a leader?

• Humor!
• Instructions about speaking
• Talk about you

Have a great weekend!

Trust Walk

Q: "He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader." - Aristotle 

• Good things!
• Review and sign social contract (3rd Period only)
• Discussion on Attitude

• Exercise: Trust Walk

• Preparing to speak tomorrow!

Social Contract (cont.)

Q: What are the leadership qualities you believe you already possess?

• Name game (reviewed)
• Social contract completed

Social Contract

Q: What does not putting others down have to do with being a good leader?

Good things!
Discussion about social contracts

• Exercise: Formulate a Social Contract

Welcome!

Q: What is the coolest thing (singular) you did over the Christmas break?

• Welcome!
• What is this course all about?
• Exercise: Getting to know each other...
• Classroom procedures